Women’s Environment and Development Organization

Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is a 501(c)(3) global women’s advocacy group. The WEDO’s main concern is women’s rights; environmental and economic justice; and sustainable development principles. WEDO promotes women in leadership roles and increasing gender equality.

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Economic Policy
Website: wedo.org
Location: New York, NY View on map
Tax ID: 52-1238773
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $2,431,577 Revenue: $3,183,116 Expenses: $2,970,034

Opposition to Nuclear Energy

In December 2021, the Women’s Environment and Development Organization was one of more than 100 groups co-signed an open letter opposing the nuclear power production tax credits offered in HR 5376, the House of Representatives draft of the Build Back Better Act. The groups identified nuclear power as a one of several “unproven and unnecessary technologies” and “harmful energy sources” that “would extend demand for fossil fuels.” 1

Nuclear power plants produce no carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions, and as of 2021 accounted for 20 percent of American electricity production—the largest source of zero carbon electricity in the United States. 2  An October 2018 proposal from The Nature Conservancy noted that zero-carbon nuclear plants produced 7.8 percent of total world energy output and recommended reducing carbon emissions by increasing nuclear capacity to 33 percent of total world energy output. 3

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $2,431,577 $3,183,116 $2,970,034 View
2023 $2,372,266 $3,484,595 $3,661,917 View
2022 $3,265,300 $2,724,511 $2,882,152 View
2021 $3,413,798 $1,638,544 $1,638,039 View
2020 $2,378,371 $2,099,247 $707,054 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 10

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Bridget BurnsEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$210,988
Tara DanielSENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER$147,652
Kathryn TobinSENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER$126,561

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $10,491,047
  • Number of Grants: 68
  • Number of Funders: 28

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$300,0002024 The Ford FoundationCore support to strengthen and amplify the engagement of the Women's Major Group in ensuring that Goal 5 of the SDGs remain a priority in the implementation of the SDGs and Summit of the Future
$260,0002024 Wellspring Philanthropic FundUN WOMEN'S MAJOR GROUP AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$260,0002022 Wellspring Philanthropic FundUN WOMEN'S MAJOR GROUP AND OPERATING SUPPORT
$260,0002021 Wellspring Philanthropic FundUN WOMEN'S MAJOR GROUP AND OPERATING SUPPORT
$260,0002020 Wellspring Philanthropic FundUn women's major group and operating support
$225,0002024 Foundation for A Just SocietyTO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$225,0002023 Foundation for A Just Societyto provide general operating support
$200,0002024 Wellspring Philanthropic FundFEMINIST BLUEPRINT ON ECONOMIC AND CLIMATE JUSTICE
$200,0002023 Wellspring Philanthropic FundFEMINIST BLUEPRINT ON ECONOMIC AND CLIMATE JUSTICE
$200,0002022 Wellspring Philanthropic FundFEMINIST BLUEPRINT ON ECONOMIC AND CLIMATE JUSTICE AT BEIJING 25
$200,0002022 Foundation for A Just SocietyTo provide general operating support
$200,0002021 Foundation for A Just SocietyTo provide general operating support
$200,0002021 Wellspring Philanthropic FundFEMINIST BLUEPRINT ON ECONOMIC AND CLIMATE JUSTICE AT BEIJING 25
$200,0002020 Foundation for A Just SocietyGeneral Operating Support
$152,0002023 Malala FundENGAGE IN UN SUSTAINABILITY
$150,0002023 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc.GENERAL
$135,0002020 Wellspring Philanthropic FundFeminist collective action for a just and healthy post-covid future
$130,0002023 Wellspring Philanthropic FundUN WOMEN'S MAJOR GROUP AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$100,0002022 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc.GENERAL
$50,0002023 Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganCIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY
$50,0002022 Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganGENERAL OPERATIONS
$45,0002022 Wallace Global Fund II
$45,0002020 Wallace Global Fund IIConvening of the Feminist Green New Deal Coalition
$40,0002025 American Jewish World Service, Inc.GENERAL PURPOSE
$30,0002023 Channel FoundationGeneral operating grants to WEDO to support its work as a global women’s advocacy organization for a just world that promotes and protects human rights, gender equality, and the integrity of the environment.

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $1,216,523
  • Number of Grants: 19
  • Number of Recipients: 13

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$140,5802023 Multiple SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA – ANGOLA, BENIN, BOTSWANA, BIRKINA, FASO RecipientsSUB GRANT
$139,4872022 Multiple Sub-Saharan Africa RecipientsSUB GRANT
$133,6372022 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) RecipientsSUB GRANT
$112,9162023 Multiple EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC – AUSTRALIA, BRUNEI, BURMA, CAMBODIA, RecipientsSUB GRANT
$103,9182024 Multiple Sub-Saharan Africa RecipientsSUB GRANT
$97,9992024 Multiple EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RecipientsSUB GRANT
$87,8272024 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsSUB GRANT
$86,7912021 Multiple Europe RecipientsSub Grants
$61,0002022 Multiple CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN RecipientsSUB GRANT
$61,0002022 Multiple EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RecipientsSUB GRANT
$61,0002021 Multiple South Asia RecipientsSub Grants
$38,0002023 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) – ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM RecipientsSUB GRANT
$30,8642020 Multiple Europe RecipientsSub Grants
$22,9042024 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) RecipientsSUB GRANT
$13,6002021 Multiple Central America RecipientsSub Grants
$7,0002020 Multiple Central America RecipientsSub Grants
$5,0002024 Multiple MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA RecipientsSUB GRANT

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References

1. Asian Pacific Environmental Network, et al . . . Letter to U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee for December 14, 2021. “Dear Senate Majority Leader Schumer, Senate Finance Committee Chair Wyden, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, and Committee Members . . .” Accessed June 25, 2024. https://unitedfrontlinetable.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/No-False-Solutions-in-BBBA-Letter-to-Senate-20211214-FINAL.pdf
2. “Nuclear explained.” U.S. Energy Information Administration. Accessed August 16, 2021. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/us-nuclear-industry.php
3. “The Science of Sustainability.” The Nature Conservancy. October 13, 2018. Accessed August 16, 2021. https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-insights/perspectives/the-science-of-sustainability